Welcome to Laneport ...

Laneport is located in Hill Country.

Laneport is located in Williamson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laneport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Laneport is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Laneport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Laneport ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Laneport.

• Hutto
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hutto is located in Williamson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <3>
• Taylor
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Taylor is located in Williamson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,921 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Taylor
  • From Laneport to Taylor
• Rockdale
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Rockdale is located in Milam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,448 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockdale <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rockdale
  • From Laneport to Rockdale
• Bartlett
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bartlett is located in Bell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bartlett <3>
• Granger
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Granger is located in Williamson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,514 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Granger
  • From Laneport to Granger
• Thorndale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Thorndale is located in Milam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thorndale <3>
• Rogers
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Rogers is located in Bell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,253 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rogers
  • From Laneport to Rogers
• Holland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Holland is located in Bell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holland <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Holland
  • From Laneport to Holland
• Thrall
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Thrall is located in Williamson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thrall <3>
• Weir
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Weir is located in Williamson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Laneport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Laneport.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Laneport. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Laneport.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Laneport. See our Newspapers Page for Laneport.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Laneport ...

Looking for more information about Laneport? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Laneport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Laneport.

Adding Laneport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Laneport in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Laneport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Laneport post office opened in 1891. The Laneport post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laneport.